Dec 18, 2015 09:00 AM
Looking over the API documentation, it appears that attachments require a url
key, so they must already be available on a web server. Is it possible to upload local files to Airtable via the API? I’d like to build my own form that POSTs to Airtable and uploads an image as an attachment, but it doesn’t look like this is currently possible. Am I missing something?
Thanks!
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Nov 01, 2018 02:49 PM
As promised, my write up of my solution.
Airtable is an easy way to get a database up and running for a side project or to quickly prototype an idea for app. I have used it to manage track projects, expenses, client contacts and more.
Dec 18, 2015 10:09 AM
Right now this isn’t possible with the Airtable API alone. It’s something we’ll think about for future API versions though. A workaround for now is to use a different service (e.g. Filestack, imgur, etc.) to process the upload before then sending the url to Airtable. When Airtable processes the attachment, it will copy the file to Airtable’s own (S3) server for safekeeping, so it’s OK if the original uploaded file url is just temporary.
Dec 22, 2015 11:58 AM
Thanks for the clarification!
Jan 07, 2017 05:08 PM
+1 For uploading attachments via API. Once I learned this wasn’t possible, my whole world crumbled.
Jan 10, 2017 03:59 AM
+1, uploading files via URL is pain.
Feb 28, 2017 02:09 PM
+1, For uploading attachments via API!! would be so helpful…
Mar 05, 2017 04:12 PM
will you ever consider incorporating a CDN or will it always be S3? I’d like to be able to use Airtable to deploy inventory images to a website and am curious about benchmarks.
Jun 01, 2017 06:55 AM
+1. Does anyone know a service to temporary upload some images?
Aug 04, 2017 02:54 PM
Would also like to see this added to the API.
Feb 17, 2018 10:53 PM
What’s blocking this feature?